* Looks like the
Toledo Blade has all the news today: Lee Fisher
never said the quote about gun control (
'I never met a gun control bill I didn't like.') that Portman quotes. From the
Toledo Blade:
...Mr. Fisher never said it, according to spokesman John Collins. We have searched and asked around and find nothing that contradicts him nor did the Buckeye Firearms Association, which turned to its own sources and traced its usage to at least 1994.
So where did it originate?
That's not entirely clear, but a 1989 column in the Columbus Dispatch sheds some light. Mr. Fisher was a state senator then, trying for the fifth time to pass a state gun-control law. This time, Mr. Fisher's proposal was getting a second look, and then-state Sen. Paul Pfeifer, the Republican who chaired the Judiciary Committee, indicated he would give Mr. Fisher a hearing. Mr. Pfeifer told the Dispatch then that Mr. Fisher had a reputation of having "never met a gun-control bill he didn't like." Those were Mr. Pfeifer's words, however...
Pfeifer said it.
* Oh, no. We do not need another Republican person named Damschroder as an elected official. (see
Toledo Blade) We certainly do not need the Ohio House to gain any additional Republicans. People, just vote for Democrats.